Corn-shock carrier.



No. 708,377. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

N. W. LYON. v

CORN SHOCK CARRIER.

{Application filed May 28, 1902.) (No Model.)

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NEWTON W. LYON, OF BRIGHTON, IOI/VA.

CORN-SHOCK CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,377, dated September 2, 1902. Application filed May 28, 1902. derial No. 109,310. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON W. LYoN,a oi tizen of the United States, residing at Brighton, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Corn- Shock Carrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicles for transporting shocks of corn, fodder, or other materials; and the objects that I have in view are, first, the provision of a simple and strong construction adapted to be turned up on end for the ready loading of an upright or standing shock on the vehicle; secondly, to provide means for binding the shock to the vehicle in an easy and expeditious manner, and, thirdly, to provide impaling devices adapted to cooperate with the binding devices and to securely hold the shock on the vehicle against any tendency to become displaced therefrom.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and the novel features of the invention will be defined by the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aperspective View of a shockcarrier or vehicle embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse sectional elevation taken substantially in the plane of the shock-binding devices and representing the impaling devices in elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical detail sectional view in a plane at right angles to Fig. 2 and indicated by the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. et-is an end elevation of the shock-carrier adapted to receive a load.

In carrying my invention into practice I employ a suitable load-platform, which may be equipped with runners or wheels, as desired. This platform is preferably tapering in shape, and the dimensions of the platform are larger than the shock with which it is designed to be loaded. As shown by Fig. 1, the platform consists of the longitudinal sills 5 5 and the transverse boards 6, all of which are united together by any suitable means in order to produce a substantial light construc-- tion. The sills 5 5 converge or incline from the rear toward the front end of the machine,

and the boards 6 are bolted to the sills in spaced relation in orderto produce an openwork platform. As hereinbefore mentioned, the platform may be mounted on wheels or casters; but for simplicity of construction I have shown the platform as equipped with the'runners 7 8. The runner 7 is disposed at the front of the machine in a longitudinal position between the sills 5 5. The other runners 8 are near the rear end of the machine and on the outside of the sills, said rear runners being disposed parallel to each other and to the front runner '7. The runners may be secured to the parts of the platform by any suitable means, and these runners extend down below the sills for suitable distances in order to raise the platform clear of the ground.

The machine may be drawn by horse-power through the medium of a draft appliance which consists of the links 9, which are inclined rearwardly from an eye or loop 10.

the front runner 7 and extend to suitable eyebolts 11, which are fastened to the converging sills 5 5 at points in rear of said runner 7. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Said converging links are made to swing in order that when the platform is raised the eye loop or hook will hang down for convenience of attaching the draft-animal for the purpose of drawing the platform and the shock over and upon the ground, ready for moving;

I will now proceed to describe the means by which the shock may be bound to the platform, reference being had more particularly to Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings.

j A winding-shaft 12 extends transversely acrossthe platform at a point intermediate of its length, and this shaft is journaled in properopenings provided in a series of bearing-blocks 13, three of which are shown by Fig. 2 as being arranged in transverse alinement, although the number of bearing-blocks is not material. These bearing-blocks are secured firmly to a wide platform-board (3 the latter being attached directly to the inclined sills 5 5, as shown by Fig. 2. The bearing-blocks are quite long, and they are adapted to serve as the means for supporting These cross-pieces are the cross-pieces 14..

secured to the bearing-blocks by any suitable means, and they are spaced apart to leave an intermediate slot or opening 14 as shownby Figs. 1 and 3. The winding-shaft 12 is journaled in the bearing-blocks so as to lie in the vertical plane of the slot or opening 14:, thus making provision for the free passage of the binding rope, cable, or chain 15. (See Fig. 4.) This winding-shaft is provided with eyebolts or hooks 16, which have their shanks passed through openings in the shaft and are adapted to receive suitable nuts that serve to securely fasten the bolts to said shaft. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The end portions of the binding cable, rope, or chain are intended to be detachably connected to the windingshaft, and this is attained by providing loops or eyes 15 at said ends of the cable or chain, said loops or eyes adapted to engage with the bolts 16 of the shaft. One end of the shaft is extended or carried beyond one of the bearings 13, as shown by Fig. 2, and on this end of the shaft is rigidly secured a feed-ratchet 17. A hand-lever 18 is loosely fitted on said projecting end of the shaft at a point adjacent to the feed-ratchet, and this lever carries a feed-pawl 19, the latter being pivoted to said lever and arranged to engage with the ratchet. The ratchet is held from rotation in one direction by means of a locking-pawl 20, the latter being pivotally supported on one of the bearing-blocks l3 and adapted to engage with said ratchet in order to lock the shaft from rotation after the cable or chain shall have been wound for the purpose of binding the shock firmly upon the load-platform.

To more securely hold the shock against displacement on the platform, I employ a series of impaling pins or spikes 21, the same being firmly fastened to the platform and adapted to cooperate with the binding devices. These pins or spikes extend transversely across the platform substantially parallel to the shaft and the slot 14 in the crosspieces 14. They are fastened in the, wide platform-board 6 and one of the cross-pieces 14, and said teeth or spikes extend a suitable distance beyond the platform in order to penetrate the shock for quite a distance.

In using my improved shock vehicle or carrier it is drawn up to a standing shock of corn,fodder, or other material, and the vehicle is then raised to an upright position alongside of the shock, the wide rear end of said vehicle being adjacent to the base of the shock. One end of the cable or chain 15 is connected to the winding-shaft by engaging the loop or eye 15* with one of the hook-bolts 16, and the other end of this chain or cable is carried around the shock, said free end being finally connected to the other hook-bolt of the winding-shaft. The operator now works the lever18 back and forth, so that the feedpawl will turn the feed-ratchet, and thereby rotate the shaft 12 in a direction to wind the end portions of the cable or chain 15 on said shaft. The operation of binding the shock to theplatform by winding the end portions of the cable on the shaft causes the pins or spikes 21 to impale the shock, and after the shock shall have been secured firmly on the platform the pawl 20 is adjusted to engage with the ratchet, thus locking the shaft 12 against backward rotation and keeping the cable or chain 15 tightly in engagement with the shock. The location of the rear runners 8 a short distance in advance of the rear end of the platform is advantageous, because the platform can be tilted over in order to start the operation of lowering the platform and the shock simultaneously. The vehicle is drawn or pulled to its lowered position, with the shock bound and impaled thereon, and when lowered the entire apparatus is supported by the runners 7 8 or their specified equivalents.

It is evident that the apparatus and its load may easily be drawn over the ground by one or more horses, and during transportation the shock is not liable to become displaced, because it is impaled by the pins or teeth and bound by the tightly-held cable or chain.

The rear cross-piece 6 of the platform is equipped with a coupling eye or loop 22, and the draft appliance may have a hook in lieu of the link 10, thus making provision for coupling two or more vehicles together for the transportation of a number of shocks at one time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 7 1. A shock-carrier, comprising a suitable platform, a Winding-shaft mounted on said platform, impalement-stems' projecting from the platform and disposed near said shaft, and a binding cable or chain adapted to be coiled on the shaft and to cooperate with the impalement-stems in holding a shock on the platform.

2. A shock-carrier, comprising a suitable platform, a winding-shaft mounted thereon, a series of impalement-stems projecting from the platform and disposed in a position parallel to the shaft, a binding cable or chain detachably connected to said shaft and arranged to be wound thereon, said cable and chain being disposed in cooperative relation to the 4. A shock carrier or vehicle, comprising a impaling devices attached to said platform in IO suitable platform, a binding cable or chain, I cooperative relation with the binding devices. and impaling devices attached to the platform In testimony whereof I have signed my in cooperative relation to the binding devices. name to this specification in the presence of 5. Ashock carrier or vehicle, comprising a two subscribing witnesses. platform having a front runner, rear runners NEWTON W. LYON. located a short distance in advance of the Witnesses: rear end of the platform, awinding-shaft hav- J. B. DEY, ing a suitable binding cable or chain, and W. L. KNERR. 

